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🌿 The Healing Path: A Grief Reflection Guide 🌿

This free guide is designed with care to help you begin to:

  • Reconnect with yourself and your emotions in a safe, gentle way.

  • Find moments of peace even in the depths of loss.

  • Explore how love and healing can exist together.

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What is being Said about Coaching with Dr. Marlene ...

Hope and Healing Are Alive

💬 “Dr. Marlene’s approach to healing is unlike anything else I’ve experienced. She truly sees you, hears you, and meets you exactly where you are. I no longer feel alone in my grief — I feel supported, understood, and even hopeful.” — James T.

💬 “Losing my husband was the hardest thing I’ve ever faced. I thought I would never smile again. Dr. Marlene helped me understand that grief isn’t something to ‘fix’—it’s something to walk through with love and care. Because of her guidance, I’ve found ways to honor my husband’s memory while also allowing myself to embrace life again.” — Karen R.

“Dr. Marlene has a gift for helping me feel understood in my grief.

She didn’t rush me or tell me to ‘move on’—she gently guided me toward a place where peace felt possible again. After working with her, I no longer feel like I’m drowning in sorrow. I’ve moved forward in a way that brings me comfort. I feel happy once again!” — Lisa M.

Losing a loved one can turn that grief into shock and upend your life. It can feel like a storm that won’t pass, a heaviness that makes even the simplest tasks seem overwhelming. Some days, it’s unbearable. Other days, it’s quieter—but always there, just beneath the surface.

Maybe you’ve found yourself asking:

  • 💔 “Will I ever feel like myself again?”

  • 💔 “Why does this hurt so much, even when I thought I was doing ‘better’?”

  • 💔 “Is it normal to feel lost
 angry
 numb?”

  • 💔 “How do I move forward when I still miss him so much?”

I want to gently remind you: There is no “right way” to grieve. But there is a way to navigate this journey with tenderness, understanding, and even—one day—peace.

What Grief Is (And What It’s Not)

Grief is not just sadness. It’s not something you simply “get over.” It’s not linear, and it doesn’t follow a predictable timeline.

Grief is love, transformed. It’s the natural response to loss—the ache of missing someone who meant the world to you. And while it can feel unbearable, grief is also a testament to the depth of your love.

You might feel


Overwhelmed, like waves of emotion come and go without warning.

Numb, as if your emotions have shut down to protect you from the pain.

Angry—at the world, at the unfairness of loss, even at your loved one for leaving.

Confused or lost, struggling to make sense of a world that now feels unfamiliar.

All of this is normal. And all of it is survivable—with the right support, understanding, and space to heal in your own way.

A Pathway to Healing: Moving Through Grief with Compassion

healing trees

Healing doesn’t mean

forgetting.

You’ve lost a loved one - you’re NOT forgetting. It doesn’t mean “moving on.” Instead, it means learning how to carry love forward and finding ways to live again.

The journey looks different for everyone, but here are gentle steps to guide you:

* Acknowledge Your Grief – Give yourself permission to feel what you feel, without judgment.

* Find Safe Spaces to Express Your Emotions – Whether through journaling, talking with a trusted friend, or seeking professional support, your feelings deserve to be heard.

* Create New Ways to Honor Your Loved One – Their memory can live on in your heart, in your actions, and in the ways you keep their love alive.

* Embrace Small Moments of Light – Grief and joy can coexist. Allowing the smallest joys back into your life is not a betrayal of your love - it’s honoring it.

* Know That Healing is Possible – It won’t happen overnight. But little by little, you can find your way back to a life that holds both remembrance & peace.

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mshiple@thelifecoachdr.com

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LIFE / TRANSITION COACHING

life / grief/ Transition coach

As a Life Coach & a Transition Coach, Dr. Marlene becomes partners with you, her client.  Together, based on your desired outcomes, you and Life Coach Dr. Marlene choose the coaching focus; often, this focus centers around how to navigate life transitions, including those that involve deep grief.  Dr. Marlene then expertly guides you to your chosen outcomes, as you take responsibility to create and maintain your own desired results.

SELF-PACED MEDITATIONS YOU CAN START NOW

HYPNOSIS COACHING

Hypnosis Coaching and Hypnotherapy

As a Hypnotherapist, Dr. Marlene works with you to identify your most desirable outcomes. She then utilizes the powerful technique of Hypnosis to help you -- tap into the power of your subconscious mind to effortlessly change behaviors.  In addition as a Coaching client, Dr. Marlene also teaches the progressive steps for learning Self-Hypnosis.  Learning this enables you to reinforce and strengthen the outcomes of in-office Hypnosis sessions.

SHOP HYPNOSIS AT YOUR OWN PACE

SEXUALITY COACHING

Sexuality Coaching (AASECT-certified)

As a Sexuality Coach, Dr. Marlene guides clients (individual or couple), assisting with sexual and intimacy concerns.  Dr. Marlene professionally coaches you, as the Sex Coaching client, to accomplish desired results in the love-making arena.  Often and preferably, both partners are involved in the treatment. This tends to create the most effective outcomes for the relationship complex.

CORPORATE & EXECUTIVE

BUSINESS COACHING

As an Executive Consultant & Corporate Coach, you will pinpoint corporate goals and tackle obstacles that have stood in your way. Together, we craft a customized strategic plan to eliminate procrastination, doubt, and blockages from success. With Dr. Marlene's guidance, you'll tackle the obstacles head-on and achieve your desired outcomes. Executive coaching with Dr. Marlene also delves into resolving interpersonal business struggles and enhancing all your relationships.

UPLEVEL YOUR CONFIDENCE & BUILD YOUR OWN BUSINESS

RETIREMENT

Non-Financial Retirement Coaching

Are you looking to maintain purpose and meaning? Your mental and emotional health is crucial to maintaining a happy retirement life. Avoid the pitfalls of anxiety and depression that can occur after retirement. With Dr. Marlene's guidance, together you explore how to optimize your life while making sure you transition gracefully into the changes and opportunities retirement offers.

ONLINE EVENTS

Online Webinars & Challenges

Dr. Marlene offers engaging online webinars & programs covering a wide range of topics. These include retirement planning, stress management, unlocking subconscious creativity, setting & achieving goals, and boosting self-confidence. With a proven track record of success, Dr. Marlene Shiple has facilitated other transformative experiences through various Challenges, like the impactful 30-Day Forgiveness Challenge.

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“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.”
— Joseph Campbell